4 out of 5 stars. Before I can even begin to explain and review the story, I have to dissect the title. There are several meanings underlying Murakami’s use of the word 1Q84. Firstly, and explained in Book 1 of the trilogy, is that one protagonist Aomame realises that she has slipped from her reality in 1984 into…
When I was a kid, I was the one who sat in the corner and didn’t want to be forced into doing anything. I’m not sure why, but I was always afraid of trying new things. I was in preschool the first time a teacher understood that. She let me sit alone, watching what everyone…
I realise that I’m changing. Rather, my perception of the world, and how I interact with it, is so different to my behaviour as a kid that I hardly know myself anymore. I remember the days where afternoons would feel like they took all week. I remember thinking that a 90 minute movie was too…
I sat in a cafe and decided to write about the people around me, the ones that I saw in that moment of pure sincerity. I could have rearranged them to become a more poetic expression of my surroundings, but I feel that human expression is edited enough as it is, and I will not contribute…
It all starts with one thought. It has to be something that you completely understand, and believe to be true. Your breath catches the moment you hear the words in your head; no, when you feel them. You feel the truth of your thoughts and it takes you by surprise. You were having such a…
I wrote about 800 words about Roswell before I realised that there were such gaping plot holes that I’d had to re-write it. Then I wondered, have I paid enough attention to the show to be certain there are plot holes? Then I realised I didn’t have the energy to research a synopsis of each episode…
4 out of 5 stars. Raise your hands if you’ve heard of China Miéville. Anyone? Miéville is the underdog in the fantasy writing world. To date, he’s had 9 novels published along with 11 other works including novellas and short stories. I have to make a fuss about him personally because, despite the fact that…
5 out of 5 stars SUMMARY: This film was awe inspiring. I was absolutely captivated from beginning to end. The run time was over two and a half hours, but I was hungry for more when it finished. The fine detail in character development and expression made me realise that this is a movie for…
The world is changing. Anyone living topside of a rock can see that. The transformation of Caitlyn Jenner shook the world’s view of what identity can mean. Facebook pages like Lizzy the Lezzy and Gary the Gay are celebrating the LGBTQ+ spectrum, and publicly shaming so-called humans who beat down, ridicule or disown anyone for…
There are two who act as one the first is old, the other young. The elder had her child spawn; they’ve been attached since she was born all day until tomorrow’s dawn. The bloody cord was never torn. Girl’s mind died and body swelled, elder shouted and child yelled. She now became a puppet, constrained…
I don’t mean that people criticised my virginity loss. I mean that I had my very first experience of public criticism. As they say, your first time always sucks, but the experience gets better over time. I’m not saying that the negative feedback will lessen – I’m not saying that the public on the whole…
2.5 out of 5 stars SUMMARY: While there were some great elements of suspense throughout the film, the protagonist Ivy was easy to connect to and like, and the climax of the film was easy enough to believe, when you dissect the rest of it – the details that hold the central themes together –…
1 out of 5 stars. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to hate Australians, to be resolutely bogged down by the inescapable despair of the lives of train-wreck individuals. Don’t be fooled by the intriguing blurb of The Slap, as I was, which attempts to pull the reader in with the exploration…
Here I am after several hours of continuous creativity of my online presence. My brain is fried. But I’ll get cracking on what you can expect from this blog, and various other online pages dedicated to my practice of writing (see below). I’m putting my work out there to draw the attention of readers the world…
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